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Pirates seize ship with 20 Filipinos off Somalia

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:37:35 +0000

Pirates have seized a cargo ship with 20 Filipino sailors on board off the coast of Somalia, a Philippine government official said Wednesday.The pirates climbed aboard the bulk carrier Stella Maris in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, Foreign...

Pirates off Somalia seize ship with 20 Filipinos

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:48:55 +0000

A Philippine government official says a ship with 20 Filipino sailors has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia.Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Estaban Conejos says the Japanese-owned vessel was seized by pirates on Sunday. He says that the...

Pirates raid Norwegian ship in Nigerian waters

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:25:38 +0000

Armed pirates hijacked a Norwegian ship off southern Nigeria on Wednesday, roughing up the crew but releasing them after two hours, officials said.The suspected pirates climbed aboard the ship in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, early Wednesday morning,...

Pirates seize ship off coast of Somalia

AP — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:39:02 +0000

A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew members on a freighter that was hijacked in the latest attack on merchant shipping off the coast of Somalia.Lars Walder, spokesman for the...

Negotiations over hijacked ship

AP — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:12:39 +0000

Somali pirates hijack Jordanian ship carrying aid

AP — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:42:00 +0000

Somali pirates hijacked a Jordanian ship carrying humanitarian aid to Mogadishu on Saturday in the latest in a string of attacks off the lawless Somali coast, the head of a seafarer’s association said.Andrew Mwangura of the East Africa...

Pirates hijack Jordanian ship off Somali coast

AP — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:41:38 +0000

A Western diplomat says pirates have hijacked a Jordanian ship off the coast of Somalia.The diplomat said it was unclear how many crew were aboard or what their nationalities were. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to...

Somali official: Ransom paid for release

AP — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:16:05 +0000

Authorities paid pirates a ransom of $1.2 million to win the freedom of a Spanish fishing boat and its 26-member crew seized off the Horn of Africa a week ago, a Somali official said.Suspected pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades had...

Crew of Spanish boat hijacked by Somali pirates freed

AP — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:46:37 +0000

The Spanish government says the crew of a fishing boat hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia has been freed.Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega says the 26 crew members onboard the 250-foot vessel from Spain’s...

US, France draft UN resolution to battle pirates off Somalia

AP — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:06:07 +0000

The United States and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia’s coast, responding to a spate of attacks including this week’s hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat, U.N....